One night after an emotional win over Oklahoma City, James and Wade made sure there would be no lull against the Bobcats.

While the Heat led, 55-38, at halftime, they didn’t put the Bobcats away until late.

Charlotte cut the Miami lead to 84-82 when Gerald Henderson completed a 3-point play with 7:16 left. But James knocked down a 3-pointer, Wade hit a pair of jumpers, and Shane Battier added a 3-pointer from the right corner to complete an 11-3 run that pushed the lead to 10.

Miami wasn’t challenged again.

Kemba Walker had 27 points, and Ramon Sessions added 19 points for the Bobcats (7-21), who haven’t won since Nov. 24.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before the game his team respected the Bobcats. He hinted he was a little worried about the energy Miami expended against the Thunder and whether the Heat would get up for a team that had lost 15 straight.

Spoelstra talked to his players before the game, and his words seemed to work.

James made sure the Heat brought the intensity with four dunks in the first seven minutes.

Miami opened a 9-0 lead in the blink of an eye behind a 3-pointer by Mario Chalmers and three straight dunks — two by James and another by Bosh. James was the catalyst in the first quarter with 11 points — 8 coming on fast-break dunks — with four steals and four rebounds.

Nuggets 126, Lakers 114 — Corey Brewer matched his career high with 27 points and Denver overcame a 40-point effort by Kobe Bryant to beat Los Angeles for its seventh straight win at home.

Brewer hit four of his six 3-pointers in the final 12-plus minutes, helping the Nuggets hold off the Lakers.

Cavaliers 87, Wizards 84 — Tristan Thompson’s 3-point play with 24.4 seconds remaining gave Cleveland its first two-game winning streak of the season as the Cavaliers won in Washington.

Kyrie Irving, who had 26 points to lead Cleveland, made one of two free throws with 9.5 seconds left.